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Wednesday 21 December 2016

Thank you.


This is just a baby note to say a big “thank you” to all the awesome people I work with (and worked with).


You guys rock! You are the most generous bunch of dudes and dudettes I ever knew. You are always prepared to give, always prepared to help.

I’m not mentioning names but just a few of the things you guys have done in the past year or so that made life so much better and easier, not only for me personally, but also for the residents of Casa Caritas:


  •       We received, and continue to receive books to sell on behalf of Casa Caritas. Not one or two, or three. Hundreds! And more on offer – I just need to make plan to fetch those.  This is my main contribution to Casa Caritas. It keeps me busy and though it is a minor source of income for them it now has developed into a huge online store with a small but steady monthly contribution.  One of the great sayings in commerce: “Stack them high and let them fly”. So true. The more books we have, the more we sell, the more Casa Caritas gets.
  •       Not only did we receive books from you but also some other items to sell on behalf of Casa Caritas.  We price them, added them and guess what? They sell. Not our niche, but the money trickles in.  Thank you for that.
  •       To the ones who donated all the bookshelves: You won’t believe how much easier life is since we started using those.  Instead of taking hours to find books in boxes it really now takes minutes.  All our Casa Caritas books are in shelves, sorted, and ready to be taken out when an order comes in. Thank you for that. My house looks like a library but I’m not complaining!
  •        Thank you to the other stars organising sales, adverts in magazines, and the SMS-line for donations: Your generosity is much appreciated.
  •       Then there also are all the personal gifts and favours – too many to mention but you all know who you are. Not a birthday, Christmas, event or opportunity goes by without you guys giving and organising – much appreciated!
  •       To all the others not necessarily giving and donating items of monetary value: Thank you for simply being nice, having a chat, smiling when you can. Sometimes that means more than any book or gift. 

      Thanks you for everything you have done for Casa Caritas, thank you for everything you have done for us as a family.


Blessings,

Besembek

Wednesday 30 November 2016

I slipped up

Both 2015 & 2016 have been hectic years for me. Busy but good.  Not THAT good but not too bad either. I was so busy that I completely forgot about my undertaking on 18 April 2015 to do at least three blogs each year.

I know I had some ATTITUDE issues during 2015, but it was not all that bad. Then came 2016 and before I knew it I was back in the same old rut and negative state of mind without even realising it – you know the story about putting a frog in a pot with cold water and then you start heating up the water.  Happy frog I was, just sitting there in the boiling water during almost the whole of 2016.

So why do I want to write [again]? Sandra Swanepoel said so: writing declutters the mind.  I believe decluttering your home is good for the soul so a decluttered mind also must have some benefit.  I would not know if any of this is true because we live in our happily cluttered home and my cluttered mind keeps me out of mischief. I think. Maybe. I don’t know.

Not much is different from two years ago.  Martin got a job and car and is in a “relationship so complicated facebook has no words to describe it”.  I still spend every minute of my free time selling books on behalf of Casa Caritas. Irma and I had opportunity to travel a bit and have been on a few great weekend breaks over the last few months. Food for our souls.  As for Stiaan: Nothing has really changed.  He got older and taller and he throws things around harder and further! No complaints there!

So I decided I will keep to my promise of at least three blogs per year! Starting today. Not really saying anything.  Just mumbling to myself. Where others can read it.

Maybe something better will be on the menu next time, more than just some random thoughts. Decluttering a mind takes some time I guess. One thought at a time…

Greetings,


Besembek